A WARRANT has been issued for the arrest of a noisy neighbour from Runcorn who tormented those living nearby with loud renditions of 80s hits during the night.

Stephen Parry, 43, did not turn up to be sentenced at Halton Magistrates Court on Friday for breaching his Anti Social Behaviour Order (ASBO), which forbade him from listening to his tunes at high volume during unsociable hours.

The defendant was sentenced to nine weeks in prison in his absence.

Last year the Weekly News reported how Halton Borough Council had prosecuted the serial noise nuisance following complaints about repeated incidents of cranking up his music during the day, through the night and even during the early hours.

Hits on his playlist included Tiffany’s I Think We’re Alone Now, the 1990s Jason Nevin remix of Run DMC’s It’s Like That and the Young Hearts Run Free by Candi Staton.

Run DMC in 1988. (Image: Mirrorpix)

His antics date back to 2013.

During that year he was served with two noise abatement orders after a complaint about having his TV and music on too loud.

But Parry breached his notice nine times between October 2013 and May 2014, reported by the local authority to have been described as ‘the neighbour from hell’.

He was fined £100 and slapped with an ASBO, due to expire in November 2016.

Environmental protection officers also seized music equipment from his property five times from February to July last year.

A neighbour had complained that the hits were at such volume that they could ‘hear the words’.